Defn: To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head. [Written also jook
and jouk.]
The money merchant was so proud of his trust that he went juking and
tossing of his head. L' Estrange.
JUKE
Juke, n.
Defn: The neck of a bird. [Prov. Eng.]
JUKE
Juke, v. i. Etym: [F. juc a roost, perch, jucher to roost, to perch.]
Defn: To perch on anything, as birds do. [Obs.]
JUKES, THE
Jukes, The
Defn: A pseudonym used to designate the descendants of two sisters, the "Jukes" sisters, whose husbands were sons of a backwoodsman of Dutch descent. They lived in the State of New York, and their history was investigated by R. L. Dugdale as an example of the inheritance of criminal and immoral tendencies, disease, and pauperism. Sixty per cent of those traced showed, degeneracy, and they are estimated to have cost society $1,308,000 in 75 years.
JULACEOUS
Ju*la"ceous, a. Etym: [See Julus.] (Bot.)
Defn: Like an ament, or bearing aments; amentaceous.
JULEP Ju"lep, n. Etym: [F., fr. Sp. julepe, fr. Ar. & Per. julab, jullab, fr. Per. gulab rose water and julep; gul rose + ab water.]